Best R&B Songs of All Time

Aretha Franklin – Respect [1967] (Original version)

Top R&B songs have the ability to make you step on the dance floor and into the mood of love with that someone special. The original best R&B songs of all time had a mix of Jazz, gospel music and blues music incorporated in them.

Artists with the most #1 R&B hits:

1. Aretha Franklin – 20

2. Stevie Wonder – 19

3. Louis Jordan – 18

4. James Brown – 17

5. Janet Jackson – 16

7. Marvin Gaye – 13 (tie)

7. Michael Jackson – 13 (tie)

9. R. Kelly – 11 (tie)

9. Usher – 11 (tie)

The following is a list of best R&B songs ever that will get the party started! As my friends from Texas tell me, “it’s not a party until Al Green shows up”